The Lyre of Orpheus-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[ti:The Lyre of Orpheus] [ar:Nick Cave & the bad seeds] [al:Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.86]Orpheus sat gloomy in his garden shed [00:05.78]Wondering what to do [00:07.78] [00:09.10]With a lump of wood a piece of wire [00:12.92]And a little pot of glue [00:14.76] [00:15.55]O Mamma O Mamma [00:20.69] [00:23.76]He sawed at the wood with half a heart [00:26.42]And glued it top to bottom [00:28.70] [00:29.72]He strung a wire in between [00:32.98]He was feeling something rotten [00:36.16]O Mamma O Mamma [00:40.75] [00:43.74]Orpheus looked at his instrument [00:45.85]And he gave the wire a pluck [00:48.92] [00:49.94]He heard a sound so beautiful [00:53.36]He gasped and said O my God [00:56.66]O Mamma O Mamma [01:01.29] [01:04.05]He rushed inside to tell his wife [01:06.82]He went racing down the halls [01:08.91] [01:10.11]Eurydice was still asleep in bed [01:13.43]Like a sack of cannonballs [01:16.46]O Mamma O Mamma [01:21.27] [01:24.02]Look what I've made cried Orpheus [01:26.80]And he plucked a gentle note [01:29.12] [01:30.42]Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets [01:33.69]And her tongue burst through her throat [01:36.44]O Mamma O Mamma [01:41.42] [01:44.43]O God what have I done he said [01:47.07]As her blood pooled in the sheets [01:49.58] [01:50.54]But in his heart he felt a bliss [01:53.92]With which nothing could compete [01:56.59]O Mamma O Mamma [02:01.56] [02:04.67]Orpheus went leaping through the fields [02:07.27]Strumming as hard as he did please [02:10.52]Birdies detonated in the sky [02:13.80]Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees [02:17.67]O Mamma O Mamma [02:21.97] [02:24.89]Orpheus strummed till his fingers bled [02:27.64]He hit a G minor 7 [02:29.92] [02:30.96]He woke up God from a deep deep sleep [02:34.32]God was a major player in heaven [02:37.30]O Mamma O Mamma [02:44.77] [02:48.98]God picked up a giant hammer [02:51.51]And He threw it with an thunderous yell [02:53.69] [02:54.40]It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head [02:57.85]And knocked him down a well [02:59.98] [03:00.58]O Mamma O Mamma [03:05.82] [03:07.55]The well went down very deep [03:11.15]Very deep went down the well [03:13.20] [03:14.12]The well went down so very deep [03:17.54]Well the well went down to hell [03:20.34]O Mamma O Mamma [03:25.54] [03:28.13]Poor Orpheus woke up with a start [03:30.80]All amongst the rotting dead [03:32.88] [03:33.92]His lyre tacked safe under his arm [03:37.10]His brains all down his head [03:39.89]O Mamma O Mamma [03:45.14] [03:47.34]Eurydice appeared brindled in blood [03:50.43]And she said to Orpheus [03:53.58]If you play that f**king thing down here [03:56.53]I'll stick it up your orifice [03:59.96]O Mamma O Mamma [04:05.34] [04:06.89]This lyre lark is for the birds said Orpheus [04:11.12]It's enough to send you bats [04:13.55]Let's stay down here Eurydice dear [04:16.61]And we'll have a bunch of screaming brats [04:19.78]O Mamma O Mamma [04:24.60] [04:26.48]Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time [04:30.13]He was on a real low down bummer [04:32.83] [04:33.51]And stared deep into the abyss and said [04:36.69]This one is for Mamma [04:39.82]O Mamma O Mamma [04:45.14] [04:46.57]O Mamma O Mamma [04:52.18] [04:53.43]O Mamma O Mamma [04:58.92] [05:00.31]O Mamma O Mamma [05:06.15] [05:06.90]O Mamma O Mamma